I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
OTTO VON BISMARCKPolitics is not an exact science.
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Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.
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Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
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It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.
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A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
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Great men have great dogs.
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Politics ruins the character.
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Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.
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Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
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Politics is the art of the possible.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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